Beacon Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 2001. Windmill. 1 related planning application.
Beacon Windmill
- WRENN ID
- swift-bracket-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 2001
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Beacon Windmill, Raven Hall Road, Staintondale, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- NZ 976 006
- Coordinates
- 54.3916, -0.49787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beacon Windmill is a tower windmill built around 1800, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed from coursed dressed stone and features stone dressings. The windmill has a plain stone eaves band and stands three stories tall with a circular plan. The ground floor includes a large doorway with plank doors, while the two upper floors each have a single window opening that does not contain windows.
Local climate
Beacon Windmill receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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